Raytheon's Tomahawk Cruise Missile Will Soon be Able to Hit Moving Targets on Land & Sea

Raytheon's Tomahawk Cruise Missile Will Soon be Able to Hit Moving Targets on Land & Sea

Posted On
Wednesday, 15 April 2015 03:25

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Sea-Air-Space
2015 - Raytheon Tomahawk

Raytheon's
Tomahawk Cruise Missile Will Soon be Able to Hit Moving Targets on Land
& Sea

Navy Recognition learned during Sea Air Space 2015 that Raytheon
is to test a new multi-mode seeker for Tomahawk cruise missile. The
flight test is key milestone on Tomahawk modernization path. Using company-funded
independent research and development investment, Raytheon Company is
preparing for a multi-mode seeker test designed for a Tomahawk Block
IV cruise missile.

The captive
flight test, using a modified Tomahawk Block IV missile nose cone, will
be designed to demonstrate the processor's ability to broadcast active
radar as well as passively receive target electromagnetic radiation, which
was demonstrated in February 2014. This is a critical step in enabling
the missile to strike moving targets on land and at sea.

"Completion of this test and last year's passive seeker test will
demonstrate that Tomahawk can hit moving targets on land and at sea,"
said Mike Jarrett, Raytheon Air Warfare Systems vice president. "Raytheon
is working to quickly and affordably modernize this already advanced weapon
for naval warfighters."

During
the test, planned for the second quarter of 2015, the nosecone of a Tomahawk
Block IV missile will be equipped with active and passive radio frequency
antennas integrated with Raytheon's new modular, multi-mode processor
and fitted to a T-39 aircraft. Flying at high subsonic speed and at varying
altitudes, the aircraft will simulate a Tomahawk flight regime. The multi-mode
seeker and multi-function processor will operate the active radar against
fixed and mobile targets on land and at sea, in a complex, high density
electromagnetic environments.